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Hartford Academy Of The Arts
Date Posted: October 10, 2005
School: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Town: Hartford
Slug: "The Benefits of Tai Chi"
Status: Re-submit
Length: :49:06
DELIVERY: Very good. Excellent pace and tone. Very clear and easy to understand.
INTERVIEWS: Great choices and good sound bites.
ORIGINALITY: Interesting topic.
WRITING: Good job. Nice job covering all the questions. Great introductions and information about Tai Chi. Remember not to state opinions as facts. In your stand up you say Tai Chi helps improve grades. You could either say "many students say Tai Chi has improved their focus" or "some believe" or if there are facts to support the statement you could say something like, "All the students who participated in Tai Chi this semester increased their overall GPA by a quarter of a point" or something that mentions a hard fact. You need to be careful not to state something as fact if it is not proven.
VIDEO: Lots of great shots. Great footage of the students practicing Tai Chi. The story is too dark at many points. Remember shooting inside a place like that you will need a light.
AUDIO: Good. Consistent levels throughout.
EDITING: Great job! You used a variety of shots and they matched very well with the audio.
OVERALL: Very nice job overall. Please re-do stand up so that we can put this on the air. As written it seems like the reporter is putting his own opinion into the story but it needs to stay objective.
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Evaluations for 2002-2003
Date:7/10/03
School: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Town: Hartford
Slug: Bullying in School
Status: Re-submit
Length: :50
DELIVERY (How is the voice used to tell the story [pitch, tone, diction]): Good delivery and stand-up.
INTERVIEWS (Sound bites interesting and did they enhance the story?):An interview should add information to your story. Suggestion: interview with a student who is willing to discuss being bullied. How about the principle to discuss his view of the effect the zero tolerance policy has had in the school.
ORIGINALITY (Story creative, unique, statewide appeal?): Good. This is a timely subject.
WRITING (Report written clearly, creatively, & grammatically correct?): Good job writing into and out of each of your sound bites. With the type of story you are covering you will need to include statistics to back up your premise. You mention there are absences from school from bullying – how many this last year? Try not to generalize in your story.
VIDEO (Pix illustrated the story? Tri-pod used, lighting, composition?): More variation in your b-roll is needed. Remember to get plenty of wide, medium and close-up shots. This will help with the pacing when editing.
AUDIO (Clarity, natural sound, enhance the story?): Good consistent levels.
EDITING(Pictures and sound used in the proper sequence to tell a story? Pictures match the script?): see video.
OVERALL(All the elements used to tell an interesting story for the viewer?): Overall this is a good subject, but you will need to be more specific is your facts for your script. Thanks.
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Date:7/2/03
School: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Town: Hartford
Slug: Using Technology In Animation
Status: Broadcast
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Well done – nice pacing.
INTERVIEWS: Good choice on your interviews
ORIGINALITY: Interesting story.
WRITING: Nice job writing into your sound bites and covering the basic facts.
VIDEO: good b-roll to support your story.
AUDIO: good b-roll to support your story.
EDITING: Good
OVERALL Nice job putting all your elements together.
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DATE: 12/6/02
SCHOOL EVALUATION TAPE #: 041
School: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Town: Hartford
Slug: "Is 60 minutes too Much?"
Status: Re-submit with correct timing
Length: :55
DELIVERY: Good – nice wrap-up in your stand-up.
INTERVIEWS: Good choices on your sound bites
ORIGINALITY: Informative story with overall appeal
WRITING: nice job writing into your sound bites
VIDEO: good b-roll images. Note: make sure each image used matches the script and moves the story forward.
AUDIO: good consistent levels
EDITING: nice job – good pacing.
OVERALL: Due to the WB 20 broadcast we are no longer using the :55 seconds for the length of the stories. Please re-edit to accommodate the :50 second length. This will enable us to use a standardize wrap for the stories on both Fox 61 and WB 20. Also, please see page 19 for the standardize SIG-out to be used at the end of your stand-up. We no longer state "this is fox 61 student news, the wrapper will identify the program. Thanks
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DATE: 6/6/02
SCHOOL EVALUATION TAPE #: 027
School: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Town: Hartford
Slug: "Walk Against Hunger"
Status: Broadcast
Length: :52
DELIVERY: Well Done. Nice stand-up placed in the midst of Food Share's food bank.
INTERVIEWS: Well chosen – they lend well to the story line.
ORIGINALITY: good job going into the community for an universal story
WRITING: Nice job covering the facts and writing into your sound bites
VIDEO: Good job on b-roll
AUDIO: Suggestion: nat sound is needed on your footage of the walk-a-thon to help viewers enter into the story.
EDITING:
OVERALL: The story should run :55 seconds from the moment the voice-over begins to the end of the voice-over/stand-up. With an additional :5-:10 pad of nat sound with images. As is your story ran :52 sec. In length. We will borrow from your pad to make up the difference, but please be careful next time. We can only air the spots if we can cut them at exactly :55 seconds. Thanks.
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Date:7/2/03
School: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Town: Hartford
Slug: "Tolerance"
Status: Re-submit
Length: :50
DELIVERY: Good pacing on the voice-over. Be careful in your stand-up, currently the students sitting around you distract from your stand-up. Having individuals in the background due to the content of the story is fine.
INTERVIEWS:
ORIGINALITY: Good premise.
WRITING: Remember a journalist needs to be objective in his reporting. Currently this is an opinion piece without any facts backing it up. When you are first researching your story, ask yourself the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW and build from there. Are there any tolerance classes taught in school or guest speakers addressing the issue?
VIDEO: More b-roll is needed to support your premise.
AUDIO: Good
EDITING: See video. More b-roll and a variation in your shots will make editing easier and help with the pacing of the piece.
OVERALL
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